Customised buses
Customised buses are buses that have been modified for decorative purposes. The customisation is unrelated to performing their job or work, usually as public transport buses. Customised buses are also sometimes not used for a job or work, and are decorated as personal projects for exhibition, although this is rare compared to other types of art vehicle such as cars, bikes and customised trucks.
Customisation detail
The customisation usually involves:
- Custom exterior and interior paint schemes, including phrases and proverbs and people, such as religious icons.
- Extra decorative visual elements, such as extra lights and reflectors, flags, banners and bunting or religious symbols and artefacts.
- Modified
Incidences of customisation
The island of
The Colectivo urban buses of Argentina, particularly Buenos Aires, were historically highly-customised with a technique called fileteado, dating back to the 1920s. The practice of customisation continued until the adoption of more modern public transport buses which saw the practice fade out. Historic customised Colectivos are now prized museum exhibits, or have been restored as private vehicles.
The
The jeep derived "Jeepney" share taxis of the Philippines have grown in capacity to the size of minibuses and are still being built by small scale manufacturers, although are facing calls[when?] for their reduction in number and competition with regular public transport.
El Salvador has a history of highly customized buses used for public transport. These are typically owned by the gangs, and thus are not operated by a government agency.
Other types of customised buses
See also
- Jingle truck– U.S. army slang for decorated trucks in Asia
- Dekotora – Japanese decorated trucks
- Tap-Tap– Haitian decorated buses
- Jeepney – Philippine decorated buses
- Chicken bus– Central American decorated buses
- Chiva bus – Colombian decorated buses
- Fileteado – Argentine and Uruguayan decorative style widely employed on buses
- Diablos Rojos – Panamanian decorated buses (Spanish-language article)
- recreational vehicles
References
- ^ Malta Transport Authority, History of the Maltese Route bus
- ^ New York Times A Taste of Colombia Rolls Through New York’s Streets, 2 March 2008
- ^ "Saudi Aramco World : Masterpieces to Go: The Trucks of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2008-09-18.